An Official Journal of Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ISSN:1897-2276
e-ISSN: 2449-9145
DNB orthopaedics, Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma and Arthroscopy, Bansal Hospital, Bhopal, India
Case Reports
Melioidosis - Orthopaedic perspective
Author(s):
KEWAL GANGRADE* and SOURABH CHAKRABORTY
Melioidosis carries a very high mortality rate, clinical manifestation can range from acute fulminant sepsis to latent infection with 9% recurrence rate. The early diagnosis and long term treatment plays a key role in patient recovery and in preventing recurrence. Being a mimicker of many other diseases, clinical suspicion and adequate diagnsotic approach plays important role in confirming melioidosis. It requires long term antibiotic controll disease and prevent recurrence. In this series authors presents the importance of clinical and specific radiological findings in rasing an early suspicion of disease and modifying the laboratory work up accordingly to confirm the same and reduced morbidity and mortality.. Read More»
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